Sealed wrapped package.



W. A. WEIGHTMAN 6: C. H. NITSCH.

SEALED WRAPPED PACKAGE.

APPLICATION man APR. I7. 1916.

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Be it known that we, WILLIAM Ag WEIGHTMAN. and CHARL S H. Nrrson, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and usefullmprovements in Sealed Wrapped Packages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain novel and useful improvements in sealed wrapped packages.

In carrying out our invention we propose to provide a package of this type wherein the wrapper or cover blank which ispreferably made of paper or other readily fold-' able material, is' adherently attached by a suitable adhesive to all sides of the package, thereby presenting a smooth, continuous, uniform and attractive appearance, and at the same time, the wrapper envelops' the box or carton of the package in such manher as to close and seal the same against the entrance of dirt, dust, vermin, and foreign matter. 7

We also ropose to provide a sealed wrapped package or box wherein the wrap-- per or cover blank is so shaped or formed that there is practically no waste of ma terial in the cutting or making of the blank or wrapper, and at the same timejthe latter may be readily and conveniently applied to the box or carton with a minimum expenditure of time or labor. In this connection we wish to point out; that our blank is of such simple andconvenient construction as to peculiarly ada t it for application to the box or carton o the package by means of an automatic wrapping machine, our

' wrapper being devoid-of notches irregularly which would tend to cause dificulty in its shaped tongues, flaps and other portions application to the box or carton.

'- Another object of our invention is the provision ofa wrapped package of this char .acter wherein the complete area of the entire blank is but little more than the total area of all of the sides of the box or car-.

' ton which it covers, so that not only is there no wastage of material, but when applied the Wrapper is devoid of all folds, seams and projections, especially at the corners and.

edges, with the result that such package will present an exceedingly neat, smooth and attractive 'appearance.

. Specification of'lietterst atento Patented Deco it, illhll'ti Application filed A rn meie. Serial NOJQLMS. 7

With the above recited objects and others of a similar nature in view our invention consistsin the construction, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in and fall- In the accompanying drawings Flgure 1 is a perspective view of the ing within the scope of theappended claims."

wrapper or cover blank of our package, the

box or'carton to be wrapped being indicated by dash lines and in position ready placed upon thewrapper. v H

Figs. 2 to 6 inclusive, are perspective views wrapplng operation.

tobeh showing the package in various stages of the v Fig, 7 is a erspective view of a com- Y pletely wrappe vention. a I

Referring now to the accompanying draw package embodying our inings in detail the'letter A indicates the box or carton which is to be wrapped or covered, and 1n this instance such box or carton is shown as of substantiall rectangular boxlike form. The letter B. esignates the cover]. blank or wrapper as an entirety, which in its unfolded position appears. as shown in Fig. I

1. lhe preferred form-of the blank coma to I prises a substantially rectangular body por tion 1 which in the present instance is in-- tended to cover or overlie and be adlieringly I attached to the bottom of the box A, and

this body portion 1 is preferably of exactly the same dimensions as. thewall or face of the box it is to cover. -;l oi'nied integral with the body portion-l and at opposite longitudinal sides thereof are the 'side sections or wings 2-2 which in the present instance a 9e" are also substantially rectangular inform and are of the same dimensions as the sides of the box which they cover, Formed; i l

te ral with one ofthe side sections or wings 2 1s a top section 3, which] is the same size as Y 'the top of the box and is intended to be adheringly attached to and to cover such top while the other sidese'ction or wing 2 of I the wrapper blank is, formedwith a 'marginal edge portion or strip hwhich is of the ice l same dimension in one direction as the wall of the box upon which it lies andto which it is attached. In the manufacture of the wrapper we provide a substantially rectangular sheet of material such as is shown in Fig. l and cut to the opposite side edge .1 portions thereof to provide a series of pan 3 allel slits-at each side edge portion, the elite of the two series corresponding or aliningas will be readilyunderstood by reference to Fig. 1, these slits being shown at 5. By'so slitting the wrapper we provide the latter with lapswhich when the'wrapper is applied will overlie the corners andends of the box, andthese laps,.itwill be noted, are formed without cuttin notches or recesses,

provided with a pair of end laps 8. The

f marginal-edge portion or strip 4 will also .be provided with a pair of end laps 9', but

if desired, these end laps 9. may be omitted,

as they are not ab'solutelynecessary.

In the formation 'of a sealed wrapped package made in accordance with our invention and embodying a wrapper such ashas been described the operation may roceed as follows: One face of the blank is with a suitable paste or adhesive indicated f by the letter 0 and upon the outspread blank is placedthe box B, the bdttom of the and pressed against the of the package,

box resting upon the adhesive coated faceof the body portion ref the wrapper. The

two side sections 2.2' of the wrapper are now folded against the-adjacent side walls of thebox and suitable pressure applied to cause them' 'tokadhere thereto .as shown by Fig. 2. f The end laps? of the side sections or-win s are now pressed inward against the ends 0? the box and caused to adhere thereto as showniin ,Fig. 3. Then the marginal edge portion or strip 4 is folded over upon provided for this marginal edge portion or .strip 4, such laps 9 are folded down upon and pressed against the adjacent end laps 7 now adhering to the ends of the box, as will be clearly understood by reference to Fig. 4. The top section 3 of the-wrapper'is now folded down u on and caused to adhere to the top wall 0 'tions of the wrapper which at this time adhere to the-ends of the box, as will beunderstood by: reference to Fig. 6. In the final stage of completing the wrapping the end laps 6 0f the body portion or "bottom section the ends of t 1 of the w'ra per are folded inward against lie package and overlie and adhere to the outer faces of the end laps 8' of the top section 3 of such wrapper. When thus completed, the package will present the appearance shown in Fig. 7.

The above is a description of one manner of conveniently and easily applying the =outer'end laps of the labels, and may have suited rst coated box is avoided, and at riation may adjacent top portion and if the end laps 9- are the box, as shown in Fig. 5, and then the end laps 8 of this top section 3 may be folded and pressed against those POI:

wrapper, but we wish it of course to be unper it .will be noted that in its general appearance it resembles a rectangular sheet,

so that prior to its embodiment in the pack- I I age it" may be readily and conveniently printed .with suitable advertising matter, or any desired data such as the name and address of the manufacturer of the merchandise, trade-marks and the like. The package, which in the present instance comprise the end laps -6 of the body portion 1 are, it will be noted, of substantially the same dimensions as the ends of the box, and consequently these end laps may constitute and serve as sealing printed matter thereon. Thus the necessity of employing separate seals and labels for the ends of the same time the package is tightly sealed against the entrance of vermin, or any foreign substance which might injure or destroy the contained merchandise, especially should the latter be in the nature of a food product.

While we have herein shown and described one preferred embodiment of our invention, we wish it to be understood that we do not confine ourselves-to all the. precise details of construction herein set forth by way of illustration, as modification and vabe made without departing from the spirit of the invention or exceeding the scope of the appended claims.

What we claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a sealed wrapped package. consisting of a box and of a one piece wrapper completely enveloping and adherently attached to all of the exterior walls. thereof, said wrapper comprising a rectangular blank having integrally united sections of uniform length 'adherently attached to the bottom, sides and top of the box, each of two opposite side portions of the blank having a plurality of and a one piece wrapper comp etely enmanner veloping'and adherently attached toall of the exterior walls thereof, said wrapper comprising a substantially rectangular blank embodying aplurality of integrally united sections adherentlyattached respectively to the bottom, sides and top of the box, one of the side sections of the wrapper: having a longitudinally extending marginal strip integral therewith and folded upon and adherently attached toan adjacent wall of the box, the bottom, side and top sections of the wrapper each having its end portions provided with rectangular end laps olded upon and adherently attached to the ends of the box, the end laps of two of said sections being of substantially the same dimensions as. the ends of the box and corn- 1 tit pletely covering and sealing suchends of the box, said end laps of all of the sections slits at one side of the blank alining with the corresponding parallel slits at the opposite sides of the blank.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

WlllLLllAM A. WEIGHTMAN. CHARLES H. NITSOH. Witnesses:

CARL E. SGHAEFFER, JAMES D. Rnirsnynnn. 

